“The whole mechanism of guilt as a deterrent to right action is just as much a linguistic fault. If it bothers you, go back, get tried, be acquitted, then go on about your business. Let me be your business for awhile.” “Sure. But who says I get acquitted at this trial?” Rydra began to laugh. She stopped before him, took his hands, and laid her face against them, still laughing. “But I’ll be your defense! And even without Babel-17, you should know by now, I can pretty much talk my way out of anything.”
